Uniformly structured high-permeability microporous membrane for filtering and method for preparing the same, flat filtering element and gas filtering article

ABSTRACT

A microporous membrane for filtering and a method for preparing the same, a flat filtering element and a gas filtering article are disclosed. The microporous membrane is composed of following raw materials in parts by weight: 100-110 parts of polyethylene, 27-30 parts of acrylonitrile, 0.1-0.2 parts of dicumyl peroxide, 2-4 parts of plasticizer, 1-2 parts of antimonous oxide, 0.8-1 part of zinc borate, 1-2 parts of antioxidant, 0.8-2 parts of heat stabilizer, 1-2 parts of octylisothiazolinone, 1-3 parts of calcium propionate, 0.7-2 parts of triglycidyl isocyanurate, 4-6 parts of diacetone alcohol, 0.7-1 part of oleic diethanolamide, 0.5-1 part of sodium myrastate and 1-2 parts of glycolic acid.

The present disclosure claims the priority to the Chinese PatentApplication with the filing No. CN201710443461.X, filed with the Stateintellectual Property Office (SIPO) of the People's Republic of China onJun. 13, 2017, entitled “Uniformly Structured High-PermeabilityMicroporous Membrane for Filtering and Method for Preparing the Same”,which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of filtering membranematerials, particularly to a uniformly structured high-permeabilitymicroporous membrane for filtering and a method for preparing the same,a flat filtering element and a gas filtering article.

BACKGROUND ART

In recent years, with environmental degradation such as smog and sandstorms, no matter at home or in public places, people's body health isseriously endangered. Besides, with improvements on the living level,and the popularization of air conditioners for common people, in summer,air becomes turbid and extremely degraded in quality in a closed spacewhere the air conditioner is used for a long period of time, thusleading to occurrence of more and more air conditioner syndromes, suchas poor sleep quality, lowered immunity, and many conditions severelyaffecting body health. In winter, even if the air conditioner is notused, the same problems still exist at home as windows and doors areclosed for a long period of time. Therefore, for such phenomena, FloridaResearch and Development Center of United States Department of Energytook the lead in development of “Panelwell” skylight system, i.e. an airpurification supplement system, which realizes continuous purificationof fresh air and oxygen supplement in closed environment, thus solvesmany sub-health problems brought about by degraded quality of ambientair.

The air purification supplement system uses an air filtering membrane tofilter out toxic substances such as PM2.5 tiny dusts, bacteria andmicroorganisms from outdoor air and then supplements the filtered air tothe room, meanwhile aspirates the turbid air indoor to the outside, thusrealizing continuous purification and supplement, and maintaining thequality of the indoor air and sufficient oxygen. Currently, airfiltering membranes applied to the “Panelwell” skylight system mainlyinclude products from US ENTEC and PPG companies.

Air filtering articles, for example, masks, air filters and respirators,gradually play an important role in maintaining green life and bodyhealth of human beings. The air filtering membranes must have functionssuch as retaining solid hazardous substances in air or having anadsorption reaction therewith, then objects of purifying air andguaranteeing human health can be achieved. At present, most of the airfiltering membranes for daily use and medical use available in themarket, for example, masks, air filters, and respirators, are preparedby an electrostatic spinning method. For example, CN103480285A disclosesa reinforced polysulfone nano-fiber air filtering membrane and anelectrostatic spinning preparing method thereof, and CN104368245A alsodiscloses an electrostatic spinning air filtering membrane and apreparing method thereof. However, the air filtering membranes preparedby the electrostatic spinning are low in mechanical strength, and proneto damage during use, with relatively poor deformation resistance andheat resistance after long-term use, meanwhile, efficiency of preparingthe air filtering membranes using the electrostatic spinning process isrelatively low.

SUMMARY

One of the objects of the present disclosure is to provide a uniformlystructured high-permeability microporous membrane for filtering, inparticularly gas filtering and a method for preparing the same, a flatfiltering element and a gas filtering article. This microporous membraneis high in mechanical strength, and uniform in micropore distribution,and its filtering efficiency for PM 2.5 is up to no less than 90%.

In order to realize at least one of the above objects, the presentdisclosure uses a following technical solution:

A uniformly structured high-permeability microporous membrane forfiltering is composed of following raw materials in parts by weight:

100-110 parts of polyethylene, 27-30 parts of acrylonitrile, 0.1-0.2parts of dicumyl peroxide, 2-4 parts of plasticizer, 1-2 parts ofantimonous oxide, 0.8-1 parts of zinc borate, 1-2 parts of antioxidant,0.8-2 parts of heat stabilizer, 1-2 parts of octylisothiazolinone, 1-3parts of calcium propionate, 0.7-2 parts of triglycidyl isocyanurate,4-6 parts of diacetone alcohol, 0.7-1 parts of oleic diethanolamide,0.5-1 parts of sodium myrastate and 1-2 parts of glycolic acid.

The antioxidant is one or more selected from the group consisting of aphenol, an amine, a phosphorus-containing compound, a sulfur-containingcompound and an organic metal salt.

The heat stabilizer is one or more selected from the group consisting oftribasic lead carbonate, dibasic lead phosphite, cadmium salt, bariumsalt, calcium salt, zinc salt, and magnesium salt of stearic acid andlauric acid, and dithiol isooctyl acetate.

A method for preparing a uniformly structured high-permeabilitymicroporous membrane for filtering includes following steps:

(1) adding octylisothiazolinone to deionized water 17-20 times theweight of octylisothiazolinone, stirring them evenly, adding calciumpropionate, heating them to a temperature of 40-50° C., keeping thetemperature and stirring them for 4-9 minutes, adding diacetone alcohol,and continuing to keep the temperature and stirring them for 10-20minutes, to obtain a bacteriostatic emulsion;

(2) adding sodium myrastate to absolute ethyl alcohol 6-9 times theweight of sodium myrastate, stirring them evenly, adding glycolic acid,keeping a temperature at 70-90° C. and stirring them for 20-30 minutes,adding triglycidyl isocyanurate, and stirring them to room temperature,to obtain a saponified ester solution:

(3) mixing antimonous oxide and zinc borate, adding the mixture todeionized water 26-30 times the weight of the mixture, stirring themevenly, adding oleic diethanolamide, keeping a temperature at 40-50° C.and stirring them for 10-20 minutes, to obtain a flame retardant amidedispersion;

(4) adding acrylonitrile to the above bacteriostatic emulsion, stirringthem evenly, feeding them into a reaction kettle, adjusting thetemperature in the reaction kettle to 76-80° C., introducing nitrogen,adding dicumyl peroxide, keeping the temperature and stirring them for1-2 hours, discharging them to be mixed with the above saponified estersolution, stirring them evenly, distilling them to remove ethyl alcohol,feeding them into an oven to be dried at 86-90° C. for 40-50 minutes,and discharging them to be cooled, to obtain polyacrylonitrile with ahigh viscosity;

(5) adding a heat stabilizer to the above flame retardant amidedispersion, stirring them evenly, adding the above polyacrylonitrilewith a high viscosity, keeping a temperature at 60-70° C. and stirringthem for 30-40 minutes, to obtain a flame retardant polyacrylonitrileamide dispersion;

(6) mixing the above flame retardant polyacrylonitrile amide dispersionwith polyethylene, plasticizer, and antioxidant, stirring them evenly,followed by dehydration, feeding them into an extruder, and melting andplasticizing them uniformly into a melt in a condition at a temperatureof 200-240° C.;

(7) extruding the resulted melt into a cast piece from a die head,subsequently entering a tape casting process, to obtain an intermediatemembrane I with a thickness of 8-40 μm, wherein the die head has atemperature of 185-240° C., and a tape casting temperature is 50-110°C.;

(8) performing an annealing treatment for the intermediate membrane Iunder micro tension to obtain an intermediate membrane II, wherein anannealing temperature is 90-160° C., the membrane in an annealing devicehas a speed of 1-20 m/min, a longitudinal tension of 0.1-3.0 N, alongitudinal stretch ratio of 1.0-2.0, and an annealing period of 5-60min;

(9) performing longitudinal extension perforation for the intermediatemembrane II to obtain an intermediate membrane HI, wherein a temperatureis 100-150° C., and a speed ratio is 0.5-3.0;

(10) performing retraction and molding for the intermediate membrane IIIto obtain an intermediate membrane IV, wherein a retraction ratio is1.0-1.5, and a molding temperature is 100-160° C.;

(11) performing secondary longitudinal extension perforation for theintermediate membrane IV to obtain the uniformly structuredhigh-permeability microporous membrane for filtering, wherein atemperature is 100-140° C., and a speed ratio is 0.5-2.0.

The present disclosure further provides a method for preparing amicroporous membrane for filtering, including:

extruding a melt from a die head with a temperature of 185-240° C. toprepare a cast piece;

performing tape casting for the cast piece in a condition at atemperature of 50-110° C. to prepare an intermediate membrane I of 8-40μm;

performing an annealing treatment for the intermediate membrane I toobtain an intermediate membrane II, wherein an annealing temperature is90-160° C., the intermediate membrane I in an annealing device has aspeed of 1-20 m/min, a longitudinal tension of 0.1-3.0 N, a longitudinalstretch ratio of 1.0-2.0, and an annealing period of 5-60 min;

performing longitudinal extension perforation for the intermediatemembrane II to obtain an intermediate membrane HI, wherein antemperature of the extension perforation is 100-150° C., and a speedratio of the extension perforation is 0.5-3.0;

performing retraction and molding for the intermediate membrane III toobtain an intermediate membrane IV, wherein a retraction ratio is1.0-1.5, and a molding temperature is 100-160° C.;

performing secondary longitudinal extension perforation for theintermediate membrane IV, wherein a temperature of the secondaryextension perforation is 100-140° C., and a speed ratio of the secondaryextension perforation is 0.5-2.0.

The present disclosure further provides a flat filtering element,including the microporous membrane prepared by any one of the abovepreparing methods.

The present disclosure further provides a gas filtering article,including the above flat filtering element.

The present disclosure has following advantages:

In the present disclosure, the polyolefin microporous membrane for gasfiltering is prepared using the melt-extrusion-stretching method, and inthe production process, the thickness, pore size distribution andporepermeability of the microporous membrane can be precisely controlledby adjusting the viscosity of the melt, the stretch ratio, the annealingtemperature in thermal treatment, and so on;

The microporous membrane for gas filtering prepared thereby has aparticularly remarkable filtering effect for PM 2.5, and its filteringefficiency for PM 2.5 is up to no less than 90%, and especially in apreferred solution of the present disclosure, the filtering efficiencyis up to 95%, far higher than the filtering efficiency of about 80% inthe prior art;

The microporous membrane for gas filtering prepared in the presentdisclosure is far better than nanofiber membranes prepared with a methodsuch as melt spinning and electrostatic spinning in terms of mechanicalstrength, for example, tensile strength, and puncture resistance;

Compared with other existing processes, the process of the presentdisclosure is simple, high in yield, and suitable for large-scalecontinuous production, and the high production efficiency reduces theproduction cost; moreover, polyolefin is used in the present disclosure,thereby a cost of raw materials is low, and a cost of the final gasfiltering membrane will be significantly reduced;

In the course of using the process of the present disclosure,small-molecule liquid solvents, especially ingredients causingenvironmental pollution, are not used or produced, therefore the processis environmentally friendly;

In the present disclosure, octylisothiazolinone and calcium propionateare mixed to act as a bacteriostatic additive, to obtain thebacteriostatic emulsion, then polymerization is performed under aninitiation effect of dicumyl peroxide with acrylonitrile as monomers,and the bacteriostatic emulsion as a reaction solvent, and the polymersobtained have very good bacteriostatic performances, and can effectivelyimprove the bacteriostatic property of a finished microporous membrane;

In the present disclosure, sodium myrastate is dispersed in anesterification solution, then bacteriostatic polyacrylonitrile undergoesa modification treatment, therefore, the viscosity of the polymer can beeffectively improved, and the stability and strength of the finishedmicroporous membrane can be enhanced.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING

FIG. 1 shows an electron microscopic picture of a microporous membraneprepared in Example 1 of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

In the text below, the present disclosure will be described morecomprehensively in combination with examples. The present disclosure canhave various examples, and modifications and alterations can be madethereto. However, it should be understood that it is not intended tolimit the various examples of the present disclosure to the specificexamples disclosed herein, while the present disclosure should beconstrued as covering all modifications, equivalents and/or optionalsolutions falling within the spirit and scope of various examples of thepresent disclosure.

In the text below, the term “include” or “can include” that can be usedin various examples of the present disclosure indicates presence of thedisclosed function, operation or element, and does not limit theincreasing of one or more functions, operations or elements.

In the various examples of the present disclosure, the wording “or” or“at least one of A or/and B” includes any combination or allcombinations of the words listed at the same time. For example, thewording “A or B” or “at least one of A or/and B” can include A, caninclude B or can include both A and B.

The terms used in the various examples of the present disclosure aremerely for the purpose of describing specific examples, rather thanlimiting the various examples of the present disclosure. As used herein,a singular form is also intended to include plural form, unless clearlyindicates otherwise in the context. Unless otherwise defined, all terms(including technical terms and scientific terms) used herein have thesame meaning as that generally understood by a person ordinarily skilledin the art of the various examples of the present disclosure. The terms(such as terms defined in dictionaries commonly used) shall be construedas having the same meaning as that in the context of relevant technicalfield and shall not be construed as having an ideal meaning oroverformal meaning, unless clearly defined in the various examples ofthe present disclosure.

The present example provides a uniformly structured high-permeabilitymicroporous membrane for filtering, which is composed of following rawmaterials in parts by weight:

100-110 parts of polyethylene, 27-30 parts of acrylonitrile, 0.1-0.2parts of dicumyl peroxide, 2-4 parts of plasticizer, 1-2 parts ofantimonous oxide, 0.8-1 parts of zinc borate, 1-2 parts of antioxidant,0.8-2 parts of heat stabilizer, 1-2 parts of octylisothiazolinone, 1-3parts of calcium propionate, 0.7-2 parts of triglycidyl isocyanurate,4-6 parts of diacetone alcohol, 0.7-1 parts of oleic diethanolamide,0.5-1 parts of sodium myrastate and 1-2 parts of glycolic acid.

The antioxidant is one or more selected from the group consisting of aphenol, an amine, a phosphorus-containing compound, a sulfur-containingcompound and an organic metal salt.

The heat stabilizer is one or more selected from the group consisting oftribasic lead carbonate, dibasic lead phosphite, cadmium salt, bariumsalt, calcium salt, zinc salt, and magnesium salt of stearic acid andlauric acid, and dithiol isooctyl acetate.

The plasticizer can be phthalate, and also can be other existingplasticizers.

A method for preparing a uniformly structured high-permeabilitymicroporous membrane for filtering includes following steps:

(1) adding octylisothiazolinone to deionized water 17-20 times theweight of octylisothiazolinone, stirring them evenly, adding calciumpropionate, heating them to a temperature of 40-50° C., keeping thetemperature and stirring them for 4-9 minutes, adding diacetone alcohol,and continuing to keep the temperature and stirring them for 10-20minutes, to obtain a bacteriostatic emulsion;

(2) adding sodium myrastate to absolute ethyl alcohol 6-9 times theweight of sodium myrastate, stirring them evenly, adding glycolic acid,keeping a temperature at 70-90° C. and stirring them for 20-30 minutes,adding triglycidyl isocyanurate, and stirring them to room temperature,to obtain a saponified ester solution;

(3) mixing antirnonous oxide and zinc borate, adding them to deionizedwater 26-30 times the weight of the mixture, stirring them evenly,adding oleic diethanolamide, keeping a temperature at 40-50° C. andstirring them for 10-20 minutes, to obtain a flame retardant amidedispersion;

(4) adding acrylonitrile to the above bacteriostatic emulsion, stirringthem evenly, feeding them into a reaction kettle, adjusting atemperature in the reaction kettle to 76-80° C., introducing nitrogen,adding dicumyl peroxide, keeping the temperature and stirring them for1-2 hours, discharging them to be mixed with the above saponified estersolution, stirring them evenly, distilling them to remove ethyl alcohol,feeding them into an oven to be dried at 86-90° C. for 40-50 minutes,and discharging them to be cooled, to obtain polyacrylonitrile with ahigh viscosity;

(5) adding a heat stabilizer to the above flame retardant amidedispersion, stirring them evenly, adding the above polyacrylonitrilewith a high viscosity, keeping a temperature at 60-70° C. and stirringthem for 30-40 minutes, to obtain a flame retardant polyacrylonitrileamide dispersion;

(6) mixing the above flame retardant polyacrylonitrile amide dispersionwith polyethylene, plasticizer, and antioxidant, stirring them evenly,followed by dehydration, feeding them into an extruder, and melting andplasticizing them uniformly into a melt in a condition at a temperatureof 200--240° C.;

(7) extruding the resulted melt into a cast piece from a die head,subsequently entering a tape casting process, to obtain an intermediatemembrane I with a thickness of 8-40 μm, wherein the die head has atemperature of 185-240° C., and a tape casting temperature is 50-110°C.;

(8) performing an annealing treatment for the intermediate membrane Iunder micro tension to obtain an intermediate membrane II, wherein anannealing temperature is 90-160° C., the membrane in an annealing devicehas a speed of 1-20 m/min, a longitudinal tension of 0.1-3.0 N, alongitudinal stretch ratio of 1.0-2.0, and an annealing period of 5-60min;

(9) performing longitudinal extension perforation for the intermediatemembrane II to obtain an intermediate membrane III, wherein atemperature is 100-150° C., and a speed ratio is 0.5-3.0:

(10) performing retraction and molding for the intermediate membrane HIto obtain an intermediate membrane IV, wherein a retraction ratio is1.0-1.5 and a molding temperature is 100-160° C.;

(11) performing secondary longitudinal extension perforation for theintermediate membrane IV to obtain the uniformly structuredhigh-permeability microporous membrane for filtering, wherein atemperature is 100-140° C., and a speed ratio is 0.5-2.0.

The filtering membrane prepared with the above method has relativelyhigh mechanical strength, for example, tensile strength, and punctureresistance, and has very good bacteriostatic performances and relativelyhigh filtering efficiency for PM 2.5.

A method for preparing a microporous membrane for filtering provided inthe present example includes:

extruding a melt from a die head with a temperature of 185-240° C. toprepare a cast piece;

performing tape casting for the cast piece in a condition at atemperature of 50-110° C. to prepare an intermediate membrane I of 8-40μm;

performing an annealing treatment for the intermediate membrane I toobtain an intermediate membrane H, wherein an annealing temperature is90-160° C., the intermediate membrane I in an annealing device has aspeed of 1-20 m/min, a longitudinal tension of 0.1-3.0 N, a longitudinalstretch ratio of 1.0-2.0, and an annealing period of 5-60 min;

performing longitudinal extension perforation for the intermediatemembrane II to obtain an intermediate membrane III, wherein atemperature of the extension perforation is 100-150° C., and a speedratio of the extension perforation is 0.5-3.0;

performing retraction and molding for the intermediate membrane III toobtain an intermediate membrane IV, wherein a retraction ratio is1.0-1.5, and a molding temperature is 100-160° C.;

performing secondary longitudinal extension perforation for theintermediate membrane IV, wherein a temperature of the secondaryextension perforation is 100-140° C., and a speed ratio of the secondaryextension perforation is 0.5-2.0.

In this preparing method, the thickness, pore size distribution and porepermeability of the microporous membrane are precisely controlled byadjusting the viscosity of the melt, the stretch ratio, the annealingtemperature in the thermal treatment, and so on.

In the above, “longitudinal” includes along a movement direction of theintermediate membrane I or the intermediate membrane II, Strictlyspeaking, according to the law of action and reaction, it furtherincludes along a direction opposite to the movement direction of theintermediate membrane I or the intermediate membrane II. For example,when a longitudinal tension is applied to the intermediate membrane I, afront roller set rotates quickly to apply a force to the intermediatemembrane I in the movement direction, meanwhile, a rear roller setrotates at a relatively low speed and will prevent the intermediatemembrane I from moving forward, equivalent to applying to theintermediate membrane I a force opposite to the movement direction.

The speed ratio of the extension perforation and the speed ratio of thesecondary extension perforation are both total speed ratios. As commonknowledge in the art, the total speed ratio is not 1. The total speedratio can be simply understood as a ratio of a linear speed of a firstroller set to a linear speed of a last roller set acting on theintermediate membrane 1 or the intermediate membrane II along themovement direction.

Furthermore, in an optional example of the present disclosure, theannealing temperature is 100-150° C., the intermediate membrane I in theannealing device has a speed of 5-15 m/min, the longitudinal tension of0.5-3.0 N, the stretch ratio of 1.0-2.0, and the annealing period of10-50 min; the temperature of the extension perforation is 120-150° C.,the speed ratio of the extension perforation is 0.8-3.0; the retractionratio is 1.0-1.5, the molding temperature is 120-160° C.; thetemperature of the secondary extension perforation is 100-140° C., andthe speed ratio of the secondary extension perforation is 0.5-2.0.

Furthermore, in an optional example of the present disclosure, theannealing temperature is 110-160° C., the intermediate membrane I in theannealing device has the speed of 10-20 m/min, the tension along themovement direction of the intermediate membrane I is 1-3.0 N, thestretch ratio is 1.2-2.0, the annealing period is 20-60 min; thetemperature of the extension perforation is 130-150° C., the speed ratioof the extension perforation is 1.5-3.0; the retraction ratio is1.0-1.5, the molding temperature is 130-160° C.; the temperature of thesecondary extension perforation is 100-120° C., and the speed ratio ofthe secondary extension perforation is 0.5-2.0.

Furthermore, in an optional example of the present disclosure, thetemperature of the secondary extension perforation is lower than that ofthe extension perforation.

Various parameters of the extension perforation and of the secondaryextension perforation are matched with each other, such that a finishedmembrane has a uniform pore shape, a suitable size, balancedpermeability and filtering property, and high tensile strength.

Furthermore, in an optional example of the present disclosure, the meltmainly includes thermoplastic polymers with a melting point of 200-240°C.; preferably, in parts by weight, raw materials for preparing the meltinclude 100-110 parts of polyethylene and 27-30 parts of acrylonitrile;the raw materials for preparing the melt further include 0.1-0.2 partsof dicumyl peroxide, 2-4 parts of plasticizer, 1-2 parts of antimonousoxide, 0.8-1 parts of zinc borate, 1-2 parts of antioxidant, 0.8-2 partsof heat stabilizer, 1-2 parts of octylisothiazolinone, 1-3 parts ofcalcium propionate, 0.7-2 parts of triglycidyl isocyanurate, 4-6 partsof diacetone alcohol, 0.7-1 parts of oleic diethanolamide, 0.5-1 partsof sodium myrastate and 1-2 parts of glycolic acid.

Furthermore, in an optional example of the present disclosure, the meltis prepared through following steps:

mixing octylisothiazolinone, calcium propionate, diacetone alcohol anddeionized water to prepare a bacteriostatic emulsion;

mixing sodium rnyrastate, absolute ethyl alcohol, glycolic add andtriglycidyl isocyanurate to prepare a saponified ester solution;

mixing antimonous oxide, zinc borate, deionized water and oleicdiethanolamide to prepare a flame retardant amide dispersion;

mixing acrylonitrile with the bacteriostatic emulsion, adding dicumylperoxide, under a nitrogen atmosphere in a condition at a temperature of76-80° C., keeping the temperature and mixing them for 1-2 hours,discharging them, then mixing them with the saponified ester solution,distilling them to remove ethyl alcohol, drying them at 86-90° C. for40-50 minutes, and discharging them to be cooled, to obtainpolyacrylonitrile with a high viscosity;

mixing a heat stabilizer firstly with the above flame retardant amidedispersion, then mixing them with the polyacrylonitrile with a highviscosity at 60-70° C. for 30-40 minutes, to obtain a flame retardantpolyacrylonitrile amide dispersion;

mixing the flame retardant polyacrylonitrile amide dispersion withpolyethylene, plasticizer and antioxidant evenly, followed bydehydration, feeding them into an extruder, and melting and plasticizingthem uniformly into a melt in a condition at a temperature of 200-240°C.

Furthermore, in an optional example of the present disclosure, thebacteriostatic emulsion is prepared through following steps:

adding octylisothiazolinone to deionized water 17-20 times the weight ofoctylisothiazolinone, then mixing them with calcium propionate, heatingthem to a temperature of 40-50° C., keeping the temperature and mixingthem for 4-9 minutes, then mixing them with diacetone alcohol,continuing to keep the temperature and mixing them for 10-20 minutes, toobtain the bacteriostatic emulsion.

Mixing manners involved in the present disclosure optionally includemechanical stirring, magnetic stirring, etc.

Furthermore, in an optional example of the present disclosure, thesaponified ester solution is prepared through following steps: addingsodium myrastate to absolute ethyl alcohol 6-9 times the weight ofsodium myrastate, mixing them evenly, then mixing them with glycolicacid, keeping a temperature at 70-90° C. and mixing them for 20-30minutes, then mixing them with triglycidyl isocyanurate, and coolingthem to room temperature, to obtain a saponified ester solution.

Furthermore, in an optional example of the present disclosure,antimonous oxide and zinc borate are mixed to form a mixture, then themixture is added to deionized water 26-30 times the weight of themixture, they are mixed evenly, and mixed with oleic diethanolamide for10-20 minutes, with a temperature being kept at 40-50° C., to obtain aflame retardant amide dispersion.

The present example further provides a flat filtering element, includingthe microporous membrane prepared by any one of the above preparingmethods. A main element of the fiat filtering element is the microporousmembrane prepared with the above preparing methods, and the flatfiltering element can further include other parts, for example, otherexisting strengthening layer, preliminary filtering layer or sterilizinglayer. Since the microporous membranes obtained in certain examples ofthe present disclosure integrate high strength, thorough filtering andsterilization function, the microporous membranes can replace manyexisting membranes. Therefore, in certain examples, the microporousmembranes can be directly used as the flat filtering element.

Furthermore, in an optional example of the present disclosure, a PETnon-woven layer or a glass fiber needle mat layer attached to a surfaceof the microporous membrane is further included. The PET non-woven layeror the glass fiber needle mat layer can be connected to the microporousmembrane in an existing connecting manner such as bonding and seaming.

Studies of the present disclosure reveal that for the polyolefinmicroporous membrane for gas filtering prepared by using themelt-extrusion-stretching method, the PET non-woven layer or the glassfiber needle mat layer is attached to two sides of the microporousmembrane, rendering a more significant filtering effect for PM 2.5,meanwhile, the microporous membrane is not prone to damage in use, andhas relatively strong deformation resistant capability and heatresistance in long-term use.

A gas filtering article includes the microporous membrane prepared byany one of the above preparing methods. Furthermore, in an optionalexample of the present disclosure, the gas filtering article is any oneselected from the group consisting of a mask, a gas filter and arespirator.

Furthermore, in an optional example of the present disclosure, a PETnon-woven layer or a glass fiber needle mat layer attached to a surfaceof the microporous membrane is further included.

The microporous membrane, the flat filtering element and the gasfiltering article in the present disclosure not only can be used for gasfiltering in daily life, but also can be used for gas filtering inindustrial production processes.

EXAMPLE 1

A uniformly structured high-permeability microporous membrane forfiltering is composed of following raw materials in parts by weight:

110 parts of polyethylene, 30 parts of acrylonitrile, 0.2 parts ofdicumyl peroxide, 4 parts of phthalate, 2 parts of antimonous oxide, 1part of zinc borate, 2 parts of triethanolamine, 2 parts of dibasic leadphosphite, 2 parts of octylisothiazolinone, 3 parts of calciumpropionate, 2 parts of triglycidyl isocyanurate, $ parts of diacetonealcohol, 1 part of oleic diethanolamide, part of sodium myrastate and 2parts of glycolic acid.

A method for preparing a uniformly structured high-permeabilitymicroporous membrane for filtering includes following steps:

(1) adding octylisothiazolinone to deionized water 20 times the weightof octylisothiazolinone, stirring them evenly, adding calciumpropionate, heating them to a temperature of 50° C., keeping thetemperature and stirring them for 9 minutes, adding diacetone alcohol,and continuing to keep the temperature and stirring them for 20 minutes,to obtain a bacteriostatic emulsion;

(2) adding sodium myrastate to absolute ethyl alcohol 9 times the weightof sodium myrastate, stirring them evenly, adding glycolic acid, keepinga temperature at 90° C. and stirring them for 30 minutes, addingtriglycidyl isocyanurate, and stirring them to room temperature, toobtain a saponified ester solution;

(3) mixing antimonous oxide and zinc borate, adding them to deionizedwater 30 times the weight of the mixture, stirring them evenly, addingoleic diethanolamide, keeping a temperature at 50° C. and stirring themfor 20 minutes, to obtain a flame retardant amide dispersion;

(4) adding acrylonitrile to the above bacteriostatic emulsion, stirringthem evenly, feeding them into a reaction kettle, adjusting atemperature in the reaction kettle to 80° C., introducing nitrogen,adding dicumyl peroxide, keeping the temperature and stirring them for 2hours, discharging them to be mixed with the above saponified estersolution, stirring them evenly, distilling them to remove ethyl alcohol,feeding them into an oven to be dried at 90° C. for 50 minutes, anddischarging them to be cooled, to obtain polyacrylonitrile with a highviscosity;

(5) adding a heat stabilizer to the above flame retardant amidedispersion, stirring them evenly, adding the above polyacrylonitrilewith a high viscosity, keeping a temperature at 70° C. and stirring themfor 40 minutes, to obtain a flame retardant polyacrylonitrile amidedispersion;

(6) mixing the above flame retardant polyacrylonitrile amide dispersionwith polyethylene, phthalate, and antioxidant, stirring them evenly,followed by dehydration, feeding them into an extruder, and melting andplasticizing them uniformly into a melt in a condition at a temperatureof 240° C.;

(7) extruding the resulted melt into a cast piece from a die head,subsequently entering a tape casting process, to obtain an intermediatemembrane 1 with a thickness of 8-40 μm, wherein the die head has atemperature of 240° C., and a tape casting temperature is 110° C.;

(8) performing an annealing treatment for the intermediate membrane 1under micro tension to obtain an intermediate membrane II, wherein anannealing temperature is 160° C., the membrane in an annealing devicehas a speed of 20 m/min, a longitudinal tension of 3.0 N, a longitudinalstretch ratio of 2.0, and an annealing period of 60 min;

(9) performing longitudinal extension perforation for the intermediatemembrane II to obtain an intermediate membrane HI, wherein a temperatureis 150° C., and a speed ratio is 3.0;

(10) performing retraction and molding for the intermediate membrane IIIto obtain an intermediate membrane IV, wherein a retraction ratio is1.5, and a molding temperature is 160° C.;

(11) performing secondary longitudinal extension perforation for theintermediate membrane IV to obtain the uniformly structuredhigh-permeability microporous membrane for filtering, wherein atemperature is 140° C., and a speed ratio is 2.0.

EXAMPLE 2

A uniformly structured high-permeability microporous membrane forfiltering is composed of following raw materials in parts by weight:

100 parts of polyethylene, 27 parts of acrylonitrile, 0.1 parts ofdicumyl peroxide, 2 parts of phthalate, 1 part of antimonous oxide, 0.8parts of zinc borate, 1 part of stannous sulfide, 0.8 parts of dithiolisooctyl acetate, 1 part of octylisothiazolinone, 1 part of calciumpropionate, 0.7 parts of triglycidyl isocyanurate, 4 parts of diacetonealcohol, 0.7 parts of oleic diethanolamide, 0.5 parts of sodiummyrastate and 1 part of glycolic acid.

A method for preparing a uniformly structured high-permeabilitymicroporous membrane for filtering includes following steps:

(1) adding octylisothiazolinone to deionized water 17 times the weightof octylisothiazolinone, stirring them evenly, adding calciumpropionate, heating them to a temperature of 40° C., keeping thetemperature and stirring them for 4 minutes, adding diacetone alcohol,and continuing to keep the temperature and stirring them for 10 minutes,to obtain a bacteriostatic emulsion;

(2) adding sodium myrastate to absolute ethyl alcohol 6 times the weightof sodium myrastate, stirring them evenly, adding glycolic acid, keepinga temperature at 70° C. and stirring them for 20 minutes, addingtriglycidyl isocyanurate, and stirring them to a room temperature, toobtain a saponified ester solution;

(3) mixing antimonous oxide and zinc borate, adding them to deionizedwater 26 times the weight of the mixture, stirring them evenly, addingoleic diethanolamide, keeping a temperature at 40° C. and stirring themfor 10 minutes, to obtain a flame retardant amide dispersion;

(4) adding acrylonitrile to the above bacteriostatic emulsion, stirringthem evenly, feeding them into a reaction kettle, adjusting atemperature in the reaction kettle to 76° C., introducing nitrogen,adding dicumyl peroxide, keeping the temperature and stirring them for 1hour, discharging them to be mixed with the above saponified estersolution, stirring them evenly, distilling them to remove ethyl alcohol,feeding them into an oven to be dried at 86° C. for 40 minutes, anddischarging them to be cooled, to obtain polyacrylonitrile with a highviscosity;

(5) adding a heat stabilizer to the above flame retardant amidedispersion, stirring them evenly, adding the above polyacrylonitrilewith a high viscosity, keeping a temperature at 60° C. and stirring themfor 30 minutes, to obtain a flame retardant polyacrylonitrile amidedispersion;

(6) mixing the above flame retardant polyacrylonitrile amide dispersionwith polyethylene, phthalate, and antioxidant, stirring them evenly,followed by dehydration, feeding them into an extruder, and melting andplasticizing them uniformly into a melt in a condition at a temperatureof 200° C.;

(7) extruding the resulted melt into a cast piece from a die head,subsequently entering a tape casting process, to obtain an intermediatemembrane I with a thickness of 8-40 μm, wherein the die head has atemperature of 185° C., and a tape casting temperature is 50° C.;

(8) performing an annealing treatment for the intermediate membrane Iunder micro tension to obtain an intermediate membrane H, wherein anannealing temperature is 90° C., the membrane in an annealing device hasa speed of 10 m/min, a longitudinal tension of 0.1N, a longitudinalstretch ratio of 1.0, and an annealing period of 5 min;

(9) performing longitudinal extension perforation for the intermediatemembrane II to obtain an intermediate membrane III, wherein atemperature is 100° C., and a speed ratio is 0.5;

(10) performing retraction and molding for the intermediate membrane Illto obtain an intermediate membrane IV, wherein a retraction ratio is1.0, and a molding temperature is 100° C.;

(11) performing secondary longitudinal extension perforation for theintermediate membrane IV to obtain the uniformly structuredhigh-permeability microporous membrane for filtering, wherein atemperature is 100° C., and a speed ratio is 0.5.

EXAMPLE 3

A uniformly structured high-permeability microporous membrane forfiltering is composed of following raw materials in parts by weight:

110 parts of polyethylene, 27 parts of acrylonitrile, 0.1 parts ofdicumyl peroxide, 2 parts of phthalate, 1′ part of antimonous oxide, 0.8parts of zinc borate, 1 part of antioxidant, 0.9 parts of heatstabilizer, 1 part of octylisothiazolinone, 2 parts of calciumpropionate, 0.9 parts of triglycidyl isocyanurate, 4 parts of diacetonealcohol, 0.8 parts of oleic diethanolamide, 0.7 parts of sodiummyrastate and 1 part of glycolic acid.

The antioxidant is zinc ricinoleate.

The heat stabilizer is tribasic lead sulfate.

A method for preparing a uniformly structured high-permeabilitymicroporous membrane for filtering includes following steps:

(1) adding octylisothiazolinone to deionized water 17 times the weightof octylisothiazolinone, stirring them evenly, adding calciumpropionate, heating them to a temperature of 48° C., keeping thetemperature and stirring them for 7 minutes, adding diacetone alcohol,and continuing to keep the temperature and stirring them for 17 minutes,to obtain a bacteriostatic emulsion;

(2) adding sodium myrastate to absolute ethyl alcohol 7 times the weightof sodium myrastate, stirring them evenly, adding glycolic acid, keepinga temperature at 70° C. and stirring them for 26 minutes, addingtriglycidyl isocyanurate, and stirring them to room temperature, toobtain a saponified ester solution;

(3) mixing antimonous oxide and zinc borate, adding them to deionizedwater 26 times the weight of the mixture, stirring them evenly, addingoleic diethanolamide, keeping a temperature at 48° C. and stirring themfor 16 minutes, to obtain a flame retardant amide dispersion;

(4) adding acrylonitrile to the above bacteriostatic emulsion, stirringthem evenly, feeding them into a reaction kettle, adjusting atemperature in the reaction kettle to 76° C., introducing nitrogen,adding dicumyl peroxide, keeping the temperature and stirring them for 1hour, discharging them to be mixed with the above saponified estersolution, stirring them evenly, distilling them to remove ethyl alcohol,feeding them into an oven to be dried at 88° C. for 48 minutes, anddischarging them to be cooled, to obtain polyacrylonitrile with a highviscosity;

(5) adding a heat stabilizer to the above flame retardant amidedispersion, stirring them evenly, adding the above polyacrylonitrilewith a high viscosity, keeping a temperature at 70° C. and stirring themfor 40 minutes, to obtain a flame retardant polyacrylonitrile amidedispersion;

(6) mixing the above flame retardant polyacrylonitrile amide dispersionwith polyethylene, phthalate, and antioxidant, stirring them evenly,followed by dehydration, feeding them into an extruder, and melting andplasticizing them uniformly into a melt in a condition at a temperatureof 240° C.;

(7) extruding the resulted melt into a cast piece from a die head,subsequently entering a tape casting process, to obtain an intermediatemembrane I with a thickness of 8-40 μm, wherein the die head has atemperature of 240° C., and a tape casting temperature is 90° C.;

(8) performing an annealing treatment for the intermediate membrane Iunder micro tension to obtain an intermediate membrane III, wherein anannealing temperature is 100° C., the membrane in an annealing devicehas a speed of 10 m/min, a longitudinal tension of 0.6 N, a longitudinalstretch ratio of 1.0, and an annealing period of 30 min;

(9) performing longitudinal extension perforation for the intermediatemembrane it to obtain an intermediate membrane III, wherein atemperature is 130° C., and a speed ratio is 1.5;

(10) performing retraction and molding for the intermediate membrane IIIto obtain an intermediate membrane IV, wherein a retraction ratio is1.0, and a molding temperature is 130° C.;

(11) performing secondary longitudinal extension perforation for theintermediate membrane IV to obtain the uniformly structuredhigh-permeability microporous membrane for filtering, wherein atemperature is 140° C., and a speed ratio is 0.5.

EXAMPLE 4

A uniformly structured high-permeability microporous membrane forfiltering is composed of following raw materials in parts by weight:

100 parts of polyethylene, 27 parts of acrylonitrile, 0.1 parts ofdicumyl peroxide, 2 parts of phthalate, 1 part of antimonous oxide, 0.8parts of zinc borate, 1 part of stannous sulfide, 0.8 parts of dithiolisooctyl acetate, 1 part of octylisothiazolinone, I part of calciumpropionate, 0.7 parts of triglycidyl isocyanurate, 4 parts of diacetonealcohol, 0.7 parts of oleic diethanolamide, 0.5 parts of sodiummyrastate and 1 part of glycolic acid.

A method for preparing a uniformly structured high-permeabilitymicroporous membrane for filtering includes following steps:

(1) adding octylisothiazolinone to deionized water 17 times the weightof octylisothiazolinone, stirring them evenly, adding calciumpropionate, heating them to a temperature of 40° C., keeping thetemperature and stirring them for 4 minutes, adding diacetone alcohol,and continuing to keep the temperature and stirring them for 10 minutes,to obtain a bacteriostatic emulsion;

(2) adding sodium myrastate to absolute ethyl alcohol 6 times the weightof sodium myrastate, stirring them evenly, adding glycolic acid, keepinga temperature at 70° C. and stirring them for 20 minutes, addingtriglycidyl isocyanurate, and stirring them to room temperature, toobtain a saponified ester solution;

(3) mixing antimonous oxide and zinc borate, adding them to deionizedwater 26 times the weight of the mixture, stirring them evenly, addingoleic diethanolamide, keeping a temperature at 40° C. and stirring themfor 10 minutes, to obtain a flame retardant amide dispersion;

(4) adding acrylonitrile to the above bacteriostatic emulsion, stirringthem evenly, feeding them into a reaction kettle, adjusting atemperature in the reaction kettle to 76° C., introducing nitrogen,adding dicumyl peroxide, keeping the temperature and stirring them for 1hour, discharging them to be mixed with the above saponified estersolution, stirring them evenly, distilling them to remove ethyl alcohol,feeding them into an oven to be dried at 86° C. for 40 minutes, anddischarging them to be cooled, to obtain polyacrylonitrile with a highviscosity;

(5) adding a heat stabilizer to the above flame retardant amidedispersion, stirring them evenly, adding the above polyacrylonitrilewith a high viscosity, keeping a temperature at 60° C. and stirring themfor 30 minutes, to obtain a flame retardant polyacrylonitrile amidedispersion;

(6) mixing the above flame retardant polyacrylonitrile amide dispersionwith polyethylene, phthalate, and antioxidant, stirring them evenly,followed by dehydration, feeding them into an extruder, and melting andplasticizing them uniformly into a melt in a condition at a temperatureof 200° C.;

(7) extruding the resulted melt into a cast piece from a die head,subsequently entering into a tape casting process, to obtain anintermediate membrane I with a thickness of 20 pm, wherein the die headhas a temperature of 185CC, and a tape casting temperature is 50° C.;

(8) performing an annealing treatment for the intermediate membrane Iunder micro tension to obtain an intermediate membrane II, wherein anannealing temperature is 90CC, the membrane in an annealing device has aspeed of 15 m/min, a longitudinal tension of 0.8 N, a longitudinalstretch ratio of 1.1, and an annealing period of 10 min;

(9) performing longitudinal extension perforation for the intermediatemembrane II to obtain an intermediate membrane III, wherein atemperature is 120° C., and a speed ratio is 0.8;

(10) performing retraction and molding for the intermediate membrane IIIto obtain an intermediate membrane IV, wherein a retraction ratio is1.0, and a molding temperature is 130° C;

(11) performing secondary longitudinal extension perforation for theintermediate membrane IV to obtain the uniformly structuredhigh-permeability microporous membrane for filtering, wherein atemperature is 100° C., and a speed ratio is 0.5.

EXAMPLE 5

A uniformly structured high-permeability microporous membrane forfiltering is composed of following raw materials in parts by weight:

100 parts of polyethylene, 27 parts of acrylonitrile, 0.1 parts ofdicumyl peroxide, 2 parts of phthalate, 1 part of antimonous oxide, 0.8part of zinc borate, 1 part of stannous sulfide, 0.8 parts of dithiolisooctyl acetate, 1 part of octylisothiazolinone, 1 part of calciumpropionate, 0.7 parts of triglycidyl isocyanurate, 4 parts of diacetonealcohol, 0.7 part of oleic diethanolamide, 0.5 parts of sodium myrastateand 1 part of glycolic acid.

A method for preparing a uniformly structured high-permeabilitymicroporous membrane for filtering includes following steps:

(1) adding octylisothiazolinone to deionized water 17 times the weightof octylisothiazolinone, stirring them evenly, adding calciumpropionate, heating them to a temperature of 40° C., keeping thetemperature and stirring them for 4 minutes, adding diacetone alcohol,and continuing to keep the temperature and stirring them for 10 minutes,to obtain a bacteriostatic emulsion;

(2) adding sodium myrastate to absolute ethyl alcohol 6 times the weightof sodium myrastate, stirring them evenly, adding glycolic acid, keepinga temperature at 70° C. and stirring them for 20 minutes, addingtriglycidyl isocyanurate, and stirring them to room temperature, toobtain a saponified ester solution;

(3) mixing antimonous oxide and zinc borate, adding them to deionizedwater 26 times the weight of the mixture, stirring them evenly, addingoleic diethanolamide, keeping a temperature at 40° C. and stirring themfor 10 minutes, to obtain a flame retardant amide dispersion;

(4) adding acrylonitrile to the above bacteriostatic emulsion, stirringthem evenly, feeding them into a reaction kettle, adjusting atemperature in the reaction kettle to 76° C., introducing nitrogen,adding dicumyl peroxide, keeping the temperature and stirring them for 1hour, discharging them to be mixed with the above saponified estersolution, stirring them evenly, distilling them to remove ethyl alcohol,feeding them into an oven to be dried at 86° C. for 40 minutes, anddischarging them to be cooled, to obtain polyacrylonitrile with a highviscosity;

(5) adding a heat stabilizer to the above flame retardant amidedispersion, stirring them evenly, adding the above polyacrylonitrilewith a high viscosity, keeping a temperature at 60° C. and stirring themfor 30 minutes, to obtain a flame retardant polyacrylonitrile amidedispersion;

(6) mixing the above flame retardant polyacrylonitrile amide dispersionwith polyethylene, phthalate, and antioxidant, stirring them evenly,followed by dehydration, feeding them into an extruder, and melting andplasticizing them uniformly into a melt in a condition at a temperatureof 200° C.;

(7) extruding the resulted melt into a cast piece from a die head,subsequently entering a tape casting process, to obtain an intermediatemembrane I with a thickness of 40 μm, wherein the die head has atemperature of 185° C., and a tape casting temperature is 50° C.;

(8) performing an annealing treatment for the intermediate membrane Iunder micro tension to obtain an intermediate membrane II, wherein anannealing temperature is 90° C., the membrane in an annealing device hasa speed of 10 m/min, a longitudinal tension of 1.1 N, a longitudinalstretch ratio of 2.0, and an annealing period of 20 min;

(9) performing longitudinal extension perforation for the intermediatemembrane II to obtain an intermediate membrane III, wherein atemperature is 1130° C., and a speed ratio is 1.5;

(10) performing retraction and molding for the intermediate membrane IIIto obtain an intermediate membrane IV, wherein a retraction ratio is1.0, and a molding temperature is 140° C.;

(11) performing secondary longitudinal extension perforation for theintermediate membrane IV to obtain the uniformly structuredhigh-permeability microporous membrane for filtering, wherein atemperature is 110° C., and a speed ratio is 0.6.

TEST EXAMPLES 1. Test for Gas Permeability

1. Instrument

Asahi Gas Permeability Meter 2. Test Method

Tests were carried out according to a JIS P 8117-1988 paper and boardgas permeability determination method.

A standard method for testing permeability was used. Three samples werechosen to measure a mean time t for 100ml gas to pass therethrough.

The degree of gas permeability is represented by a time (T) required foreach 100 ml gas to pass through the microporous membrane: Tm t.

II. Determination of Puncture Strength

1. Tester

An electronic puncture strength tester; a puncture needle with adiameter of 1.65 mm, a needle tip SR=0.5 mm,

2. Test Method

Tests were carried out according to provisions of ASTM D4833-00.

Three samples were taken from a product. The samples cut has a size ofno less than 5 cm*5 cm. The samples were fixed on a sample platform, andthe measurements were carried out using the electronic puncture strengthtester. A mean value of test values of the three samples was taken afterthe tests were completed.

III. Determination of Tensile Strength

1. Tester

An electronic universal tensile testing machine.

2. Test Method

Tests were carried out according to provisions of GB/T 1040[1].3-2006.

5 samples were taken from a product, with a width of 15 mm and a lengthof 150 mm (a sample test gauge length was 100 mm).

Tests were carried out by controlling the electronic universal (tensile)testing machine with a CMT series microcomputer. A mean value of testvalues of the 5 samples was taken after the tests were completed.

IV. Determination of Filtering Efficiency for PM 2.5

1. Tester

A tester for filtering efficiency (%) for PM 2.5; a PM 2.5 particledetector.

2. Test Method

The tester was placed at an inlet to measure a number of dust particlesper unit volume for 20 seconds, then the number was automaticallydisplayed, then the tester was taken to an outlet to measure for 20seconds. After the measurement was completed, a purification efficiencywas automatically calculated according to the numbers of dust particlesper unit volume currently measured at the inlet and the outlet.

All the above test results are listed in Table 1:

TABLE 1 Test Results of Examples 1-5 Item Example 1 Example 2 Example 3Example 4 Example 5 Tensile 180 192 186 175 190 Strength (MD, MPa)Tensile 80 75 90 76 85 Strength (TD, MPa) Gas 75 55 64 62 53Permeability (sec/100 ml) Puncture 600 560 650 630 624 Strength (g)Filtering 96 97 96 96 98 Efficiency (%) for PM 2.5

It can be seen from Table 1 that the high-permeability microporousmembrane for filtering prepared with the method of the presentdisclosure is high in mechanical strength, uniform in microporedistribution, and not prone to damage in use, and has excellentdeformation resistant capability and relatively strong heat resistance.Its filtering efficiency for PM 2.5 is up to no less than 90%.

The above-mentioned are merely for preferred examples of the presentdisclosure and not used to limit the present disclosure. For one skilledin the art, various modifications and changes may be made to the presentdisclosure. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvementsand so on, within the spirit and principle of the present disclosure,should be covered by the scope of protection of the present disclosure.

Industrial Applicability

In the present disclosure, the polyolefin microporous membrane for gasfiltering is prepared through the melt-extrusion-stretching method, andin the production process, the thickness, pore size distribution andpore permeability of the microporous membrane can be preciselycontrolled by adjusting the viscosity of the melt, the stretch ratio,the annealing temperature in the thermal treatment, and so on, Themicroporous membrane has a particularly remarkable filtering effect forPM 2.5, and its filtering efficiency for PM 2.5 is up to no less than90%, and especially in a preferred solution of the present disclosure,the filtering efficiency is up to 95% or more, far higher than thefiltering efficiency of about 80% in the prior art. Moreover, themicroporous membrane has relatively high mechanical strength and verygood bacteriostatic performances. Compared with other existing methods,the preparing method of the present disclosure is simple in process,high in yield, and suitable for large-scale continuous production.

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 19. A uniformly structured high-permeabilitymicroporous membrane for filtering, composed of following raw materialsin parts by weight: 100-110 parts of polyethylene, 27-30 parts ofacrylonitrile, 0.1-0.2 parts of dicumyl peroxide, 2-4 parts ofplasticizer, 1-2 parts of antimonous oxide, 0.8-1 part of zinc borate,1-2 parts of antioxidant, 0.8-2 parts of heat stabilizer, 1-2 parts ofoctylisothiazolinone, 1-3 parts of calcium propionate, 0.7-2 parts oftriglycidyl isocyanurate, 4-6 parts of diacetone alcohol, 0.7-1 part ofoleic diethanolamide, 0.5-1 part of sodium myrastate and 1-2 parts ofglycolic acid.
 20. The uniformly structured high-permeabilitymicroporous membrane for filtering of claim 19, wherein the antioxidantis one or more selected from the group consisting of a phenol, an amine,a phosphorus-containing compound, a sulfur-containing compound and anorganic metal salt.
 21. The uniformly structured high-permeabilitymicroporous membrane for filtering of claim 19, wherein the heatstabilizer is one or more selected from the group consisting of tribasiclead carbonate; dibasic lead phosphite; cadmium salt, barium salt,calcium salt, zinc salt and magnesium salt of stearic acid and lauricacid; and dithiol isooctyl acetate.
 22. A method for preparing amicroporous membrane for filtering, comprising: extruding a melt from adie head with a temperature of 185-240° C. to prepare a cast piece;performing tape casting for the cast piece in a condition at atemperature of 50-110° C. to prepare an intermediate membrane I of 8-40μm; performing an annealing treatment for the intermediate membrane I toobtain an intermediate membrane II wherein an annealing temperature is90-160° C., the intermediate membrane I in an annealing device has aspeed of 1-20 m/min, a longitudinal tension of 0.1-3.0 N, a longitudinalstretch ratio of 1.0-2.0, and an annealing period of 5-60 min;performing longitudinal extension perforation for the intermediatemembrane II to obtain an intermediate membrane III, wherein atemperature of the extension perforation is 100-150° C., and a speedratio of the extension perforation is 0.5-3.0; performing retraction andmolding for the intermediate membrane to obtain an intermediate membraneIV, wherein a retraction ratio is 1.0-1.5, and a molding temperature is100-160° C.; and performing secondary longitudinal extension perforationfor the intermediate membrane IV, wherein a temperature of the secondaryextension perforation is 100-140° C., and a speed ratio of the secondaryextension perforation is 0.5-2.0.
 23. The preparing method of claim 22,wherein the preparing method comprises following steps: (1) addingoctylisothiazolinone to deionized water 17-20 times the weight ofoctylisothiazolinone, stirring them evenly, adding calcium propionate,heating them to a temperature of 40-50° C., keeping the temperature andstirring them for 4-9 minutes, adding diacetone alcohol, and continuingto keep the temperature and stirring them for 10-20 minutes, to obtain abacteriostatic emulsion; (2) adding sodium myrastate to absolute ethylalcohol 6-9 times the weight of sodium myrastate, stirring them evenly,adding glycolic acid, keeping a temperature at 70-90° C. and stirringthem for 20-30 minutes, adding triglycidyl isocyanurate, and stirringthem to room temperature, to obtain a saponified ester solution; (3)mixing antimonous oxide and zinc borate, adding them to deionized water26-30 times the weight of the mixture, stirring them evenly, addingoleic diethanolamide, keeping a temperature at 40-50° C. and stirringthem for 10-20 minutes, to obtain a flame retardant amide dispersion;(4) adding acrylonitrile to the above bacteriostatic emulsion, stirringthem evenly, feeding them into a reaction kettle, adjusting atemperature in the reaction kettle to 76-80° C. introducing nitrogen,adding dicumyl peroxide, keeping the temperature and stirring them for1-2 hours, discharging them to be mixed with the above saponified estersolution, stirring them evenly, distilling them to remove ethyl alcohol,feeding them into an oven to be dried at 86-90° C. for 40-50 minutes,and discharging them to be cooled, to obtain polyacrylonitrile with ahigh viscosity; (5) adding a heat stabilizer to the above flameretardant amide dispersion, stirring them evenly, adding the abovepolyacrylonitrile with a high viscosity, keeping a. temperature at60-70° C. and stirring them for 30-40 minutes, to obtain a flameretardant polyacrylonitrile amide dispersion; (6) mixing the above flameretardant polyacrylonitrile amide dispersion with polyethylene,plasticizer, and antioxidant, stirring them evenly, followed bydehydration, feeding them into an extruder, and melting and plasticizingthem uniformly into a melt in a condition at a temperature of 200-240°C.; (7) extruding the resulted melt into a cast piece from a die head,and subsequently entering a tape casting process, to obtain anintermediate membrane I with a thickness of 8-40 μm, wherein the diehead has a temperature of 185-240° C., and a tape casting temperature is50-110° C.; (8) performing an annealing treatment for the intermediatemembrane I under micro tension to obtain an intermediate membrane II,wherein an annealing temperature is 90-160° C., the membrane in anannealing device has a speed of 1-20 m/min, a longitudinal tension of0.1-3.0 N, a longitudinal stretch ratio of 1.0-2.0, and an annealingperiod of 5-60 min; (9) performing longitudinal extension perforationfor the intermediate membrane II to obtain an intermediate membrane III,wherein a temperature is 100-150° C., and a speed ratio is 0.5-3.0; (10)performing retraction and molding for the intermediate membrane III toobtain an intermediate membrane IV, wherein a retraction ratio is1.0-1.5, and a molding temperature is 100-160° C.; and (11) performingsecondary longitudinal extension perforation for the intermediatemembrane IV to obtain the uniformly structured high-permeabilitymicroporous membrane for filtering, wherein a temperature is 100-140°C., and a speed ratio is 0.5-2.0; wherein the uniformly structuredhigh-permeability microporous membrane for filtering prepared by themethod is composed of following raw materials in parts by weight:100-110 parts of polyethylene, 27-30 parts of acrylonitrile, 0.1-0.2parts of dicumyl peroxide, 2-4 parts of plasticizer, 1-2 parts ofantimonous oxide, 0.8-1 part of zinc borate, 1-2 parts of antioxidant,0.8-2 parts of heat stabilizer, 1-2 parts of octylisothiazolinone, 1-3parts of calcium propionate, 0.7-2 parts of triglycidyl isocyanurate,4-6 parts of diacetone alcohol, 0.7-1 part of oleic diethanolamide,0.5-1 part of sodium myrastate and 1-2 parts of glycolic acid.
 24. Thepreparing method of claim 22, wherein the annealing temperature is100-150° C., the intermediate membrane I in the annealing device has thespeed of 5-15 m/min, the longitudinal tension of 0.5-3.0 N, the stretchratio of 1.0-2.0, and the annealing period of 10-50 min; the temperatureof the extension perforation is 120-150° C., the speed ratio of theextension perforation is 0.8-3.0; the retraction ratio is 1.0-1.5, themolding temperature is 120-160° C.; the temperature of the secondaryextension perforation is 100-140° C., and the speed ratio of thesecondary extension perforation is 0.5-2.0.
 25. The preparing method ofclaim 22, wherein the annealing temperature is 110-160° C., theintermediate membrane I in the annealing device has the speed of 10-20m/min, a tension along the movement direction of the intermediatemembrane I is 1-3.0 N, the stretch ratio is 1.2-2.0, the annealingperiod is 20-60 min; the temperature of the extension perforation is130-150° C., the speed ratio of the extension perforation is 1.5-3.0;the retraction ratio is 1.0-1.5, the molding temperature is 130-160° C.;the temperature of the secondary extension perforation is 100-120° C.,and the speed ratio of the secondary extension perforation is 0.5-2.0.26. The preparing method of claim 22, wherein the temperature of thesecondary extension perforation is lower than that of the extensionperforation.
 27. The preparing method of claim 24, wherein thetemperature of the secondary extension perforation is lower than that ofthe extension perforation.
 28. The preparing method of claim 25, whereinthe temperature of the secondary extension perforation is lower thanthat of the extension perforation.
 29. The preparing method of claim 22,wherein the melt mainly comprises thermoplastic polymers with a meltingpoint of 200-240° C.
 30. The preparing method of claim 29, wherein rawmaterials for preparing the melt comprise in parts by weight 100-110parts of polyethylene and 27-30 parts of acrylonitrile; the rawmaterials for preparing the melt further comprise 0.1-0.2 parts ofdicumyl peroxide, 2-4 parts of plasticizer, 1-2 parts of antimonousoxide, 0.8-1 part of zinc borate, 1-2 parts of antioxidant, 0.8-2 partsof heat stabilizer, 1-2 parts of octylisothiazolinone, 1-3 parts ofcalcium propionate, 0.7-2 parts of triglycidyl isocyanurate, 4-6 partsof diacetone alcohol, 0.7-1 part of oleic diethanolamide, 0.5-1 part ofsodium myrastate and 1-2 parts of glycolic acid,
 31. The preparingmethod of claim 29, wherein the melt is prepared through followingsteps: mixing octylisothiazolinone, calcium propionate, diacetonealcohol and deionized water to prepare a bacteriostatic emulsion; mixingsodium myrastate, absolute ethyl alcohol, glycolic acid and triglycidylisocyanurate to prepare a saponified ester solution; mixing antimonousoxide, zinc borate, deionized water and oleic diethanolamide to preparea flame retardant amide dispersion; mixing acrylonitrile: with thebacteriostatic emulsion, adding dicumyl peroxide under nitrogenatmosphere in a condition at a temperature of 76-80° C., keeping thetemperature and mixing them for 1-2 hours, discharging them, then mixingthem with the saponified ester solution, distilling them to remove ethylalcohol, drying them at 86-90° C. for 40-50 minutes, and dischargingthem to be cooled, to obtain polyacrylonitrile with a high viscosity;mixing a heat stabilizer firstly with the above flame retardant amidedispersion, then mixing them with the polyacrylonitrile with a highviscosity at 60-70° C. for 30-40 minutes, to obtain a flame retardantpolyacrylonitrile amide dispersion; and mixing evenly the flameretardant polyacrylonitrile amide dispersion with polyethylene,plasticizer and antioxidant, followed by dehydration, feeding them intoan extruder, and melting and plasticizing them uniformly into the meltin a condition at a temperature of 200-240° C.
 32. The preparing methodof claim 31, wherein the bacteriostatic emulsion is prepared throughfollowing steps: adding octylisothiazolinone to deionized water 17-20times the weight of octylisothiazolinone, then mixing them with calciumpropionate, heating them to a temperature of 40-50° C., keeping thetemperature and mixing them for 49 minutes, then mixing them withdiacetone alcohol, continuing to keep the temperature and mixing themfor 10-20 minutes, to obtain the bacteriostatic emulsion.
 33. Thepreparing method of claim 31, wherein the saponified ester solution isprepared through following steps: adding sodium myrastate to absoluteethyl alcohol 6-9 times the weight of sodium myrastate, mixing themevenly, then mixing them with glycolic acid, keeping a temperature at70-90° C. and mixing them for 20-30 minutes, then mixing them withtriglycidyl isocyanurate, and cooling them to room temperature, toobtain the saponified ester solution.
 34. The preparing method of claim32, wherein the saponified ester solution is prepared through followingsteps: adding sodium myrastate to absolute ethyl alcohol 6-9 times theweight of sodium myrastate, mixing them evenly, then mixing them withglycolic acid, keeping a temperature at 70-90° C. and mixing them for20-30 minutes, then mixing them with triglycidyl isocyanurate, andcooling them to room temperature, to obtain the saponified estersolution.
 35. The preparing method of claim 31, wherein antimonous oxideand zinc borate are mixed to form a mixture, then the mixture is addedto deionized water 26-30 times the weight of the mixture to be mixedevenly, and mixed with oleic diethanolamide for 10-20 minutes, with atemperature being kept at 40-50° C., to obtain the flame retardant amidedispersion.
 36. The preparing method of claim 32, wherein antimonousoxide and zinc borate are mixed to form a mixture, then the mixture isadded to deionized water 26-30 times the weight of the mixture to bemixed evenly, and mixed with oleic diethanolamide for 10-20 minutes,with a temperature being kept at 40-50° C., to obtain the flameretardant amide dispersion.
 37. A flat filtering element, wherein theflat filtering element comprises a microporous membrane, which isprepared by a preparing method comprising: extruding a melt from a diehead with a temperature of 185-240° C. to prepare a cast piece;performing tape casting for the cast piece in a condition at atemperature of 50-110° C. to prepare an intermediate membrane I of 8-40μm; performing an annealing treatment for the intermediate membrane I toobtain an intermediate membrane II, wherein an annealing temperature is90-160° C., the intermediate membrane I in an annealing device has aspeed of 1-20 m/min, a longitudinal tension of 0.1-3.0 N, a longitudinalstretch ratio of 1.0-2.0, and an annealing period of 5-60 min;performing longitudinal extension perforation for the intermediatemembrane II to obtain an intermediate membrane HI, wherein a temperatureof the extension perforation is 100-150° C., and a speed ratio of theextension perforation is 0.5-3.0; performing retraction and molding forthe intermediate membrane III to obtain an intermediate membrane IV,wherein a retraction ratio is 1.0-1.5, and a molding temperature is100-160° C.; and performing secondary longitudinal extension perforationfor the intermediate membrane IV, wherein a temperature of the secondaryextension perforation is 100-140° C., and a speed ratio of the secondaryextension perforation is 0.5-2.0.
 38. The flat filtering element ofclaim 37, further comprising a polyethylene terephthalate (PET)non-woven layer or a glass fiber needle mat layer attached to a surfaceof the microporous membrane.